Weekly Journal

In my life this week...

It's so hard to believe how fast these weeks go by sometime! Last week was especially a fast one. The kids were on spring break and we tried to do some "fun" things with them since we didn't travel anywhere. I still worked a little in the morning and would get home about the time everyone was waking up, so it worked out. The weather didn't work out for much this break though. We were going to go to a park somewhere and have a picnic... but had to cancel because it SNOWED!!! Ugh... all you can do is laugh! We did go to the zoo and had a great time. We ended up buying a family membership and I'm looking forward to a great summer going whenever we want! My personal favorite thing we did was go shopping. The kids enjoy shopping as well - as long as they have money! And well, me too!

In our homeschool this week...

I know some don't follow the traditional "school" calendar, but since I still have 2 in public school, I follow it. It was nice to take a break and not have to worry about our schedule and lessons. I did count the zoo day as a school activity though! Got to sneak them in whenever you can!

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

Friday night we had our first "3 family fellowship" dinner with 2 other families from church. The idea is to fellowship together with other families that you maybe don't know too well, etc. Each family takes a turn hosting the other families at their home. We loved the evening and everything about it! The company, conversation and food was great. And the kids had a great time too! We are already looking forward to next month's fellowship!

My favorite thing this week...

My favorite thing this week was that we didn't have to be anywhere... at any specific time! We just did whatever... whenever!! But I have to admit I was glad to be back on a routine.

Homeschool questions/thoughts/ideas...

I had planned to go to the homeschool convention, but decided not to due to the controversy surrounding their speakers, etc. I do plan to go to the convention that is here in June. I have already started looking at things for high school. It's overwhelming! It will probably take from now until late summer to really look through and decide what we want to do anyway. I am talking with quite a few moms through the different support communities on the web. I appreciate this so much since I have not really found any support groups in our area.

A photo, link, video or quote to share...

I am starting a new book club this week with some moms from "The Homeschool Village". The book we are reading is "The Power of a Positive Mom". From what I have read so far, it's great! Totally recommend it!